Buhari talking tough on corruption; motion, no movement
Nigeria is a country of ironies. Issues are not treated on merit. Every leader follows his fancy and Nigerians just tag along. There is no clear cut national policy or direction. Today, it is President Muhammed Buhari’s fancy that Nigerians are just kicking one another for. Buhari's body and vocal language is war on corruption. As it now seems the APC and the President are making it look like everything about Nigeria is corruption.
Fees in Nigeria’s private universities still low, says Pro-Chancellor
Contrary to popular belief, the fees being paid in the country’s private universities are still relatively low, the Pro-Chancellor of Lead City University, Ibadan, Prof. Jide Owoeye, has said.
Mourinho, Wenger clash over bothersome Costa
Diego Costa provided the lightning conductor as the longstanding friction between Chelsea and Arsenal crackled to the fore during his side’s ill-tempered 2-0 victory in the Premier League.
HID Awolowo: Sympathisers besiege Ikenne
Sympathisers on Sunday continued to throng the Ikenne-Remo. Ogun, residence of the Awolowos to commiserate with the family over the death of its matriarch, Hannah, who died on Saturday.
Young suicide duo kill three in Cameroon
Two young suicide bombers killed three people in far north Cameroon on Sunday, the latest attack to hit a region that has been rocked by strikes blamed on Boko Haram Islamists from neighbouring Nigeria.
6 Nigerian pilgrims dead in crane crash buried in Mecca, says envoy
Mecca – Nigeria’s Consul-General to Saudi Arabia Ahmed Umar said on Sunday that the six Nigerian Pilgrims who died in the Sept. 11 crane crash in Mecca had been buried
I’ve not left APC – Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki has refuted report making the rounds on social media, that he is set to defect from his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), following his recent travails in the hands of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), over a 13-count charge bordering on alleged corruption and false declaration of assets, levelled against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
Anti-Corruption group wants Buhari to probe Atomic Energy Commission
The Nigeria Anti Corruption Vanguard NACV has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and anti corruption agencies to probe activities of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), and its Chairman Dr Franklin Erepamo Osaisai.
Buhari is a liar and has deceived you, says Shekau
Nigeria’s military on Saturday claimed further gains in its counter-offensive against Boko Haram, but the group’s shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau dismissed the talk of success as “lies”.
Back on track? Nigeria’s oil refineries resume production
Bright orange flames flare upwards from a pencil-thin chimney at the Port Harcourt Refining Company, sending thick black smoke into the white clouds above Nigeria’s southern oil hub.
Every society needs viable opposition, says Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Saturday said every society needs a viable and strong opposition for sustainable democracy.
